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COUNTY MATCHES
ECF STAGE 2012

DATES
as published by the Controller 10.10.11
Prelim
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals                   		April 28
May 19
June 09
July 07
These are the default dates.

THE DRAW was made and announced 14.1.12.

OVERVIEW OF RESULTS
Matches shown in red are given in full further down (click on the section headings). Matches shown in blue are not. In the bare match scores of the Overview, an asterisk by a County name indicates a win on board count or elimination. Where a match is given in full, an asterisk by a County name means the result has come from that side (either direct or from the County's website).

OPEN
Preliminary Warwicks (M2) 4½ 11½ Lancs (N2) (see ECF site)
Quarter-finals (A) Somerset (W)* 8 8 Yorks (N1); (B) Staffs (M1) 4½ 11½ Middx (S3); (C) Norfolk (E) v Sussex (S2); (D) Surrey (S1) 9½ 6½ Lancs (N2)
Semi-finals Somerset (W) v Middx (S3); (C) v Surrey (S1)
MINOR COUNTIES
Quarter-finals (A) Glos* (W1) v Herts (S2): Kent declined nomination; (B) Suffolk (E1) w/o scr Hants* (W2); (C) Essex (S1) 8½ 7½ Lincs (M2); (D) Leics (M1) 10 6 Cambs (E2)
     *We thought W1 Hants and W2 Glos, from the WECU crosstable. WECU has nominated them the other way round. Later: Phil Meade, WECU Fixtures Secretary, has explained the nominations to us. Glos and Hants both play in the (five-team) WECU 1st Division, in which Hants finished comfortably ahead of Glos. However, they are the only two teams interested in Minor Counties nomination, and nomination is made on the strength of the head-to-head match between them. Which Glos won.
Semi-finals (A) v Suffolk (E1); Essex (S1) v Leics (M1)
U180 (revised 21.1.12: see note below)
Preliminary Kent (S3) scr w/o Lancs (N2)
Quarter-finals (A) Middx (S1) 8½ 7½ Warwicks (M1); (B) Devon (W) 7½ 8½ Surrey (S2); (C) Yorks (N1) 9 7 Notts (M2); (D) Beds (E) 7 9 Lancs (N2)
Semi-finals Middx (S1) v Surrey (S2); Yorks (N1) v Lancs (N2)
U160
Preliminary Gtr Manchester (M2) 8½ 7½ Cambs (E2) (see ECF site)
Quarter-finals (A) Notts (M1) w/o scr Middx (S3); (B) Kent (S1) 5 11 Yorks (N2); (C) Norfolk (E1) v Herts (S2); (D) Lancs (N1) 7 9 Gtr Manchester (M2) (see MCCU site)
Semi-finals Notts (M1) v Yorks (N2); (C) v Gtr Manchester (M2)
U140
Preliminary Yorks (N2) w/o scr Kent (S3)
Quarter-finals (A) Lancs (N1) v Warwicks (M3); (B) Surrey (S1) 10 6 Leics (M2); (C) Hants (W) 4½ 11½ Herts (S2); (D) Worcs (M1) 9½ 6½ Yorks (N2) (see ECF site)
Semi-finals (A) v Surrey(S1); Herts (S2) v Worcs (M1)
U120
Quarter-finals (A) Herts (S1) w/o scr Yorks (N2); (B) Lancs (N1) v Worcs (M2); (C) Norfolk (E) 5½ 6½ Warwicks (M3) (see MCCU site); (D) Staffs Terriers (M1) 4½ 7½ Essex (S2)
Semi-finals Herts (S1) v (B); Warwicks (M3) v Essex (S2)
U100
Quarter-finals (A) Essex (S1) w/o scr Warwicks (M2); (B) Lancs (N2) 6 6 *Kent (S2) played 28.4.12
Semi-finals Yorks (N1) v Essex (S1); Notts (M1) v Kent (S2)

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OPEN

QUARTER-FINAL

  Staffs
19.5.12
 Middx*
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
 Robert Bellin 213 (W)
Darren Wheeler 207
Paul Wallace 205
Nicholas A Walker 193
David Anderton 190
Alan Crombleholme 189
Michael Townsend 186
Alex Richardson 186
Lee Grinsell 186
Gerald Acey 183
Malcolm Armstrong 180
David Pritchard 173
John Staniforth 171
John M Turner 168
David Wightman 164
Ian Jamieson 163
0     1
0     1
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
0     1
0     1
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
0     1
½     ½
0     1
0     1
Richard Bates 221
Cloin Crouch 210
Robert Eames 206
Jochen Wittmann 198
Carsten Pedersen 197
Simon Spivack 193
Peter Batchelor 188
John Quinn 188
Paul McKeown 185
Colin Mackenzie 184
Nevil Chan 184
Tim Rogers 179
Mark Davey 182
George Dickson 172
Victor Hugo Boy Lazoni (1)
Nick Bond 159 (Jan)
   (Oxon)             [185] 4½       11½                 [191]
   Grades are July 2011
1 Bd 15. Less confusingly this is 287910E Boy Lazoni, Victor H (Jan grade 153). New this season.

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MINOR COUNTIES

QUARTER-FINAL

  Essex*
19.5.12
 Lincs
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
 David Sands 213 (B)
Jonathan Rogers 210
John Hodgson 200
Tim Hebbes 190
Philip Gregory 182
Ivan Myall 188
John White 180
Larry Marden 180
John Moore 174
Chris Hampton 172
Neville Twitchell 173
Ian Hunnable 170
David Millward 164
Matthew Shaw 166
Bryan Lee 147
Philip Staniland 161
½     ½
1     0
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
0     1
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
0     1
1     0
0     1
1     0
1     0
½     ½
Andrew Dyce e197 (1)
Paul Cumbers 190
Claudio Mangione 192
Nick Stead 187
Nigel Birtwistle 192
David Coates 183
Samuel Milson 186
Daniel Wells 183
Steven Prior 169
Harry Russell 176
Joe Kilshaw 171
Keith Palmer 177
Ivan David 164
Denis Georgiou 169
Stuart Macdonald 158
Ian McDonald 151
   (Yaxley Cambs)         [179] 8½       7½                 [177]
   Grades are July 2011
1 Bd 1. Given as plain 197, but this is a Controller's estimate. Mr Dyce has a FIDE rating of 2274 based on no obvious results, but hasn't played an ECF graded game since 2001. There could be other estimates lurking. Let us know if you spot any.

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UNDER 180

QUARTER-FINALS

  Middx*
19.5.12
 Warwicks
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
 Michael Tasker 178 (B)
Steven Coles 179
Ajoy Solomon 169
Geoff Hermes 170
Russell Campbell 173
D Ian Calvert 167
Christopher Kreuzer 168
Guy Batchelor 164
Martin Crichton 169
William Phillips 164
Charles McAleenan 166
Robert Kane 162
David White 161
Amdrew McGuinness 161
V Ray Harper 156
Roger Scowen 152
1     0
½     ½
½     ½
½     ½
0     1
½     ½
1     0
1     0
1     0
0     1
0     1
0     1
1     0
1     0
½     ½
0     1
Martin Smyth 17
Nick W Roberts 172
Keith Escott 175
Mark Cundy 168
Anthony Sadler 172
Thomas D Robinson 167
Robert Wallman 163
Michael Doran 171
Keith Thomas 162
Anthony Green 165
Ed Goodwin 167
Andrew Moxley 158
Simon C Smith 158
Darren Lee 163
John Fahy 162
Alan Burnet 146
   (Oxon)                  [166] 8½       7½                 [164]
   Grades are July 2011

  Devon
19.5.12
 Surrey*
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
 Stephen Homer 179 (W)
Brian Hewson 178
John F Wheeler 173
John Stephens 173
Dave Regis 175
Mark Abbott 170
Alan Brusey 174
Trefor Thynne 171
Meyrick Shaw e168
William Ingham 166
Andrew Kinder 162
Paul Brooks 160
Charles Keen 155
Brian Gosling 150
David Toms 153
Mike Stinton-Brownbridge 150
1     0
½     ½
0     1
0     1
0     1
1     0
½     ½
½     ½
0     1
1     0
0     1
0     1
0     1
1     0
1     0
1     0
Phil Stimpson 175
Geoff Marchant 174
Alan Punnett 179
Julien Shepley 177
Angus French 177
Owen Phillips 170
Angus James 164
Nick Grey 164
David Sedgwick 168
Francis Fields 158
Albert Yiamakis 155
Chris Clegg 155
Peter Horlock 150
Ian Deswarte 144
Marek Turowski 144
David Charters 121
   (Salisbury, nearly)         [165] 7½       8½                 [160]
   Grades are July 2011

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UNDER 160

QUARTER-FINAL

  Kent*
19.5.12
 Yorks
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
 Ian McAllan 158 (B)
Duncan Bell 159
Yasmin Giles 156
Peter Childs 151
Mike Wiltshire 148
Paul Rutland 153
George Hollands 149
Bob Lane 146
Barry Beavis 149
Roger Winterburn 151
Alan Sherriff 145
Garry Sharp 147
Mark Houghton 143
Geoff Bishop 140
Robin East 141
David Gilbert 134
½     ½
1     0
0     1
0     1
0     1
0     1
½     ½
0     1
½     ½
0     1
½     ½
0     1
½     ½
0     1
1     0
½     ½
Darwin Ursal 157
Ben Cuaresma 157
Paul Johnson 159
Khalid Mohammed 153
Jonathan Swallow 158
Harry Li 140
David Hirst 149
Sean McDonald 149
Rupert Jones 158
Randolph Donahue 143
Peter Mason 148
Paul Howden 138
Robert A Dean 152
Erdem Akbas 142
Paul Salisbury 137 (1)
Dave Colledge 139
   (Milton Keynes)       [148] 5       11                 [149]
   Grades are July 2011
1 Bd 15. We assume this is Paul Salisbury 137 of Yorks Copper Works. Yorkshire give "Salisbury, P" with neither grade nor grading code. In fact all the Yorkshire names came with initial only, and the forenames are as supplied by us. Yorkshire grades and codes were supplied on all the other boards, to be fair. It's a pity two of the codes were impossible and two belonged to someone else.

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UNDER 100

QUARTER-FINAL

  Lancs
28.4.12
 Kent*
  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
10
11
12
 Phillip Shaughnessy 96
Cameron Maher 95
Louis Bathein 86
Grant Randall 87
Georgia Guilbert 87
Jason Chapman 94
Douglas McLellan 81
Martin Lally 77
Mark Northcott 58
Garry O'Sheil 64
Patrick Jinks 47
David Jinks 37
0     1
0     1
0     1
1     0
1     0
1     0
1     0
0     1
0     1
1     0
0     1
1     0
 Alan V Evans 94 (B)
Peter Belka 99
Michael Green 102
Henri Aubin-Parvu 93
Mark Horner 96
David Langford 94
Isaac Oluwole 96
Phil Easthope 92
Barry Sawyer 93
Martin Reeve 86
Daniel Carstairs 74
Robert Clemons 54
   (Watford as in Gap)     6       6                   
   Kent won on board count.
   Grades are Jan 2012

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Webmaster's remarks on the draw
   • Is this the first time a Union's 2nd nominee (see U180) has had to play in a Preliminary round while their 3rd nominee goes straight to the Quarter-final? In fact all the divisions with Preliminary rounds have a 2nd nominee in the Prelim while a 3rd nominee escapes that fate. There's no rule against it, but we've a feeling it has been avoided in the past by quietly manipulating the draw. Maybe the ECF's forthcoming new County Match Rules should address the question.
     Note 21.1.12. Controller Alex Holowczak has noted our observation and asked us to publish a revision. S2 and S3 are transposed in the U180, so that S3 is now in the Prelim. It seems the anomaly was carefully avoided in the U140 but forgotten about in the U180! It could have led to unseemly Southern Counties rivalry to finish third rather than second, so the repair makes sense. Our feeling is that the anomaly should, where possible, be avoided in the general case in future. Not just where the nominees are from the same Union.
   • Who'd be a Prelim winner? An away draw in the Quarter-final is to be expected, but all four Prelim winners are away in the Semi-final as well if they get that far. Luck of the draw, we suppose. Later note: all right, we'll say it. Chances were 1 in 16. But it's curious they're all in match D (1 in 256).
   • ECF website 14.1.12: "In accordance with Rule E12, the Director of Home Chess will nominate a central venue in which all Finals of all sections will be played. The announcement of this venue will follow shortly." This startled us. Rule E12 hasn't included that stipulation since the SCCU's amendment was accepted at the 2011 AGM. The Director has discretion now. Our first thought was that the ECF had simply overlooked the change. After all, the website's version of the rules was still showing the old E12 until (we think) yesterday. But perhaps what's meant is that the Director, exercising his discretion in accordance with E12, has decided on a central venue. He hasn't announced a decision as far as we know, unless this is his way of doing it. It might have helped if he'd been explicit.
rjh 15.1.12

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